Media Release
NUJ - Call for a Public Inquiry
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary and John Toner, UK National Freelance Organiser, National Union of Journalists received repeated requests to petition Gareth Thomas for a public inquiry, but they have done nothing to motivate government on the issues.
While feigning solidarity, Dear and Toner colluded in a cover up of HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dereliction by negotiating a £262,000.00 quid pro quo with Gareth R Thomas MP (Harrow West), former Minister of State, Department for International Development (the NUJ member's MP) in a distinct conflict of interest.
See: Public Inquiry
In associated issues, David Cockburn, Certification Officer, Certification Office for Trade Unions and Employers' Associations delayed investigation and adjudication for five months by illegal stonewalling. Cockburn compounded the existing dereliction by effectively granting NUJ officers impunity to extend a seven-year pattern of illegal activity for another year.
Convening a public inquiry into the issues has become essential for the public good. The public and organisations must have an opportunity to make written submissions and listen to oral evidence. The conclusion of an inquiry in the form of a written report, has become essential to democracy.
An unbiased hearing would make recommendations to improve the quality of government or management of public organisations in the future. “It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done”.
This sounds like an opportunity for change until one realizes that Ministers convening inquiries frequently have a political connection (and therefore a conflict of interest) with the people who committed the offenses under investigation. In this case, it probably needs a change of government to obtain a fair and unbiased hearing, especially following a cover-up of allegedly criminal activity and a total media blackout.
Timothy R Gopsill, Editor, Journalist (NUJ magazine) orchestrated a seven-year media blackout to cover up neglect by NUJ officials which prevented NUJ members from knowing about the case and providing their support. Gopsill allegedly caused British Broadcasting Corporation and Press Gazette to follow suit with additional prior restraints now the subject of a complaint to Press Complaints Commission.
The Law Society, Legal Complaints Service (LCS) has found probable cause that Claire S Kirby and Roy M Mincoff (successive in-house solicitors) committed professional misconduct and has initiated action by Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Meanwhile, Mincoff has delayed LCS resolution processes by providing false and misleading information.
Ministers must convene a public inquiry into the fact that Judge James A Doerty, Washington Superior Court (Seattle) claimed that interviews by journalists with willing sources defined as harassment and that news gathering constituted illegal surveillance and stalking then jailed an NUJ member (approaching seventy years of age) without trial or legal counsel contrary to international law.
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With full knowledge of the imminent jailing, Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary and Claire S Kirby (then NUJ in-house solicitor) neglected to act under Vienna Convention and other international laws. They delayed then denied solidarity and support guaranteed by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
David C Broom, British Consul (Seattle) colluded with Doerty to ratchet up coercion which allowed Doerty to transfer the member to incommunicado solitary confinement among murderers and rapists. He languished in jail for 111 days of an indeterminate sentence and experienced several near-death experiences before release on a writ similar to habeas corpus.
David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Sir Peter Ricketts, Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service; Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States; Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor; and Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development continue to collude in a cover-up of HM Foreign and Commonwealth Office dereliction with Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, National Union of Journalists.
Professor Paul Trummel <trummel@contracabal.eu>
National Union of Journalists, London (NUJ #025057)
International Federation of Journalists, Brussels (IFJ #GB 8953)
Related Web Pages
Silent Withholding
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary, NUJ - Open Letter #1
John Toner, UK Freelance Organiser, NUJ - Open Letter #2
Trade Union and Labour Relations Complaint - David Cockburn
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